Novels like Pure and Seductive
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Pure and Seductive, best match first.
- 51 Middle Age, and My Marriage Is an Empty Shell 人到中年，婚姻只剩空壳 From innocent young love to an unexpected pregnancy before marriage, she blundered into a marriage she’d never truly wanted. Before the wedding, her mother-in-law schemed constantly and was stingy, refusing to give even a penny in bride price. From the moment she entered the family home, she felt wronged and began to harbor resentment. After the wedding, her husband proved to be a complete mama’s boy: mediocre, unambitious, and incapable of taking responsibility. He did whatever his mother told 3.4kReads—Score169Shelves
- 52 Middle-Aged and Alone, With No One to Lean On 人到中年，无人可依 A middle-aged couple have no sex life and barely communicate. With elderly parents to care for and children to raise, they hit a dead end at work and struggle through a life full of endless chores. Then suddenly, an unforeseen and terrifying crisis sweeps them into a storm. What should they do next? Can they keep going? How can they turn things around? 240Reads7.4Score129Shelves
- 53 Love Between Two Generations: An Inescapable Bond 两代情之逃不出的羁绊 A bloody maelstrom was set in motion by a marriage swap in the late 1980s. One bride died, and the other fled. The humiliation Hua'er endured on her wedding night is enough to make anyone blush with shame, while the hardships Zijun faced as she fled her marriage are deeply moving. Though the story is named for two generations, it is really about three generations and the sweeping changes in their views on love, marriage, and life. It also shows China's tremendous economic boom and the profound s 5.4kReads9.0Score741Shelves
- 54 You Want Me to Turn Over a New Leaf? Just You Wait! 让我浪子回头？你给我等着！ Original title: Auntie, Don't Be Afraid Before taking his own life, Su Yang swore that if he got another chance at life... He would find someone who truly understood him! A woman who truly loved him! When he suddenly woke up, he found an older woman kneeling beside him. She was wearing a tattered pair of pajamas and trembling as she looked at him. “Please don't hit me, okay? I have to attend my child's parent-teacher meeting tomorrow...” 334Reads8.7Score102Shelves
- 55 A Deadly Romance 致命情缘 In the 1990s, a stream of villagers headed south to find work on construction sites. The pain of leaving home, the hardship of being alone in a strange place, and the tangled ways of the human heart were all crammed into tiny workers’ sheds. Li Guixiang escaped after her husband used her to pay off a debt, while Chen Jianjun left his family and everything he owned behind to earn a living. Two people, each burdened by their own troubles, met and kept each other company, thinking they were only of 2.5kReads—Score178Shelves
- 56 The Two Pleasures of Food and Sex 食色二事 In his twenties, Liu Zhu became the man who married a woman with a child. He devoted himself to his family, working himself to the bone for ten whole years. In return, his wife cheated on him with her ex-husband, the scumbag who had once abandoned her and her daughter. After divorcing her, Liu Zhu was utterly distraught, and then he got into a car accident. In his hospital room, he met an old man who had no one to care for him. The old man felt they were fated to meet. On his deathbed, he told L 7.8kReads9.0Score822Shelves
- 57 The Peerless Foolish Doctor 绝世傻医 [Miracle doctor + countryside] Qin Xuehua: “You fool, I'm sick. Hurry up and treat me!” Chen Longxiang was born with a defect in his heart orifices, but an unexpected encounter grants him the legacy of a Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain. From then on, his life takes off, and he becomes a carefree miracle doctor in the countryside! 3.3kReads9.1Score628Shelves
- 58 Four Beauties of the Bureau 机关四美图 In the cafeteria of a government office in a small county town, amid the idle gossip over tea and meals, they were labeled as failures: divorced, raising children alone, and stumbling through the mire of life. They rebuilt order amid the wreckage and became their own shelter through every storm. Beneath the lamplight late at night, they soothed their children to sleep while planning the next day's schedule. Before the morning alarm rang, breakfast was already prepared. They were no longer anyon 100Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 59 Desire by the Bedside 枕边之欲 On one side, Lang Xi was gently making his feelings known. On the other, Lang Xin was behaving outrageously. The two scenes kept intertwining in my mind, driving me to the brink of madness. What should I do? Call them out directly, or pretend nothing happened? What does the person beside me in bed really want? 2.1kReads8.2Score151Shelves
- 60 The Tang Dynasty’s Lady of the House 大唐女当家 In the sixth year of the Kaiyuan era, the Jiangnan silk dynasty collapsed overnight. Her father was dead, her uncle wanted to divide the estate, and business rivals were secretly forcing prices down. At just twenty-three, eldest daughter Lin Lanxi was thrust into control, with the vast family fortune built over three generations resting on her shoulders. Her younger brother drew his blade to stand guard over their father's coffin, while her younger sister kept watch through the embroidery worksh 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Village Idiot! 村里傻子！ [Countryside + Divine Doctor] Wang Laoshi sold everything he owned to pay a 200,000-yuan bride price and find his son a wife. He never expected his daughter-in-law to run off with Li Fugui on their wedding day, only to be spotted by Wang Dazhuang. Dazhuang tried to call for help, but Li Fugui beat him unconscious. When he woke, Dazhuang inherited ancient medical arts, healed the sick and saved lives, made a fortune, and rose to the pinnacle of life. 18.5kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 62 The Little Housekeeper at Lawyer Mao's Home 毛律师家的小保姆 For the sake of the man she loves, who is ill, college student Lü Chenchen gives up her white-collar office job and chooses the better-paying work of a nanny. After a few twists and turns, she ends up in Mao Yuanning’s household. The Mao family has a complicated history. Mao Yuanning’s stepmother isn’t his biological mother, but his maternal aunt. His wife is the daughter of his stepmother’s first love, spoiled into a willful, delicate young woman. After more than ten years of marriage, the coup 4.8kReads9.5Score723Shelves
- 63 You Came to Me on a Sunny Day 你从晴天来 4.1kReads9.2Score339Shelves
- 64 After One Wild Night, the Gorgeous Older Sister Made My Life Miserable 一夜风流后，漂亮姐姐折磨我 After one night at a bar, he took home a drunk older woman. The next day, a new female university lecturer walked into his classroom, and to his shock, it was the same woman from the night before. Even worse, she was his older sister’s best friend. In class, she adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses and called him “Lin Bei.” In private, the five hundred yuan “overnight fee” was still in his wallet. In this forbidden game, whoever gets serious first loses. 2kReads6.6Score153Shelves
- 65 Peach Village Women 桃村女人花 Old Jiang of Divine Dragon Village fished a young man with amnesia out of the river. After getting him registered in the household records, Old Jiang passed away. The local thug Jiang Dalong tricked Jiang Dazhu, only to be knocked unconscious by the village chief. When he woke up, he had gained a mysterious inheritance. He went on to heal the sick, help the poor and the vulnerable, and make his way to glory. 13kReads9.0Score824Shelves
- 66 Stand-In for the White Moonlight: Whoever Wants the Role Can Have It! 替身白月光，谁想谁来当！ The Stand-In White Moonlight: Whoever Wants the Role Can Take It! 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Wildflowers Fill the Mountain Village 野花满山村 [Three minutes of reading, and you'll be hooked!] [Rural miracle doctor + beauties + hidden perks] Chen Ping became a fool while protecting his girlfriend, only to be cruelly dumped. But his ex-girlfriend's younger sister, Lin Yi, was willing to stay and care for him. One day, foolish Chen Ping went into the river to catch fish for Lin Yi's child, and stumbled upon... an unexpected chance to become a village doctor. But the illnesses in the surrounding villages were complicated, especially those 15.7kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
- 68 Aunt Mei 媚姨 Male Lead: Ding Yuan Female Lead: Liu Meiyi No one is reborn, and there is no System. This is an era of struggle belonging to the older generation! That year, Ding Yuan earned top marks in the imperial examinations, only to have his life stolen from him when his stepmother conspired with her family to switch his results. His father, unaware of the truth, set out on a rainy night to sell goods in the mountains and raise money for Ding Yuan to retake the exams. But the tractor overturned in a ravi 5.8kReads8.8Score477Shelves
- 69 Outsiders Join Forces with My Wife to Set a Trap, but I'm the One Who Breaks It 外人联手妻子做局，我才是破局人 A 35-year-old algorithm genius at a major tech company is framed by his boss and laid off. His cheating wife conspires with outsiders to seize his assets and custody of their child. His father dies in grief after being scammed with an AI face-swap. Just as he hits rock bottom, an accidental electric shock links him to the bioenergy of the future, the year 2080, awakening cutting-edge electromagnetic wave tracing technology! He tears his treacherous wife and her lover apart, takes down his unscru 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Possessive Princess Is Turning Dark, So Her Brother Holds Her and Coaxes Her 病娇公主要黑化，哥哥抱着哄 [Urgent announcement!] Yanyu's other work, the short drama of the same name, "The Phoenixes Swap Nests" ✨ Premieres on January 18 at 12:05 a.m.! ✨ Come watch, everyone! [Rebirth + transmigration into a book as the supporting female character + punishing scumbags + both leads romantically inexperienced] In her previous life, Mu Ci was abandoned by her birth mother and had her good fortune stolen by her imperial sister. She was humiliated and tortured in an enemy state's military camp until she t 3.8kReads9.2Score503Shelves
- 71 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 98Reads6.2Score112Shelves
- 72 The Extraordinary Mountain Doctor 极品山医 [Medicine + comeback + revenge + invincibility + revitalizing the countryside] Lin Feng, a simple-minded young man from a mountain village, is gravely injured while trying to protect his sister-in-law from local thugs. By chance, he awakens an ancient mountain-healer inheritance left by his ancestors and learns peerless acupuncture and medicinal techniques. His life takes a complete turn: benefactors appear one after another, and his connections reach far and wide. He reclaims the old homestead 7.2kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
- 73 Among the Mountains 山野间 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Farming + Getting Rich] Baichuan Village was nestled between beautiful mountains and clear waters. Yet all the men from its poor mountain valley had gone away to work. Those left behind were either lazy or wicked, along with one big fool: Li Dazhu. By a twist of fate, the simple-minded Li Dazhu was bitten by a strange snake and swallowed a fire toad. He suddenly came to his senses and, on top of that, unexpectedly obtained an ancient book. Once a fool who had live 7.1kReads9.2Score883Shelves
- 74 The Awakening of a Housewife 一个家庭主妇的觉醒 When the heroine, Song Xiaoying, discovers that her daughter is planning to kill herself, she follows the clues and uncovers her husband Zhou Yang's affair. This sets off a battle of interests between the wife and the mistress, husband and wife, and parents-in-law and daughter-in-law, laying bare the calculations and compromises, darkness and ugliness of human nature. It's a rare and compelling work of realistic relationship fiction. 23.9kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
- 75 Those Who Left the Village 从村里走出去的人们 Meng Ziqiang started out on the village construction crew and became the richest man in Linqu County. After six divorces and seven marriages, he was killed in an explosion on New Year's Eve. Qiao Yu'er entered a business school and escaped her peasant upbringing. Through diligent writing, she began to make a name for herself, then threw herself into politics and set out on a career in government. Wu Yuexia built up a fish farm and fought her way forward, eventually becoming the deputy county mag 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Love with All Your Heart 尽情去爱吧 Based on a true story, newly rated. A literary gem, finely written, not a web novel. When desire and morality collide, human weakness becomes a blade that wounds others. The Peking University campus is merely the story’s starting point. The Beijing financial world is where the real story unfolds. The author graduated with an undergraduate degree from Peking University’s Department of Physics. 33.1kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
- 77 The Beautiful Leader's Personal Secretary 美女领导的私人秘书 [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] By chance, Zhao Ming saved the life of a divorced female mine manager. She offered him a permanent position, a promotion to supervisor, and even her beautiful daughter’s hand in marriage. Zhao Ming shook his head. No, plenty of people are after me. I can’t hang myself from just one tree. His new book, The Wealthy Family’s Dad, is now a hit! Same modern setting, a whole new kind of excitement. Readers are welcome to check it out. 7.9kReads9.0Score858Shelves
- 78 Restless Youth: My 18 Online Girlfriends 躁动青春，我的18个女网友 Youth is a time of passion and endless possibilities. Every heroine has a colorful story to tell! A female boss who is hesitant yet brave, a bold but helpless female colleague, a mysterious and caring older woman… 2.9kReads6.9Score212Shelves
- 79 After Fleeing My Wedding, I Went to Dongguan 逃婚后我去了东莞 [Rural] At 22, Bai Qing went on a blind date over the New Year holiday. On her very first date, she lost her virginity to a man she didn't like. With no other choice, she ran away from her wedding and went to Guangdong to work. While working in Dongguan, she met her true love, Li Changsheng, a rich second-generation heir. Not long after they began dating, Changsheng sent Bai Qing to adult college. After many intimate encounters, she became pregnant. Then Bai Qing dropped out, got married, and ga 932Reads7.3Score102Shelves
- 80 The Peerless God of War 盖世战神 He is a peerless God of War, famed for his unmatched achievements. To repay a meal from years ago, he willingly became a live-in son-in-law... A tiger fallen on the plains is bullied by dogs. But when the tiger returns to the mountains, the sky will be stained red! For the past three years, you have endured humiliation for my sake. For the rest of our lives, I will make sure you shine brighter than anyone! 10.5kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
- 81 Go Crazy Over Your Moonlight, Then Cry When Your Boss Falls for Me 你跟白月光疯，女上司爱我你哭啥 [Officialdom + business + workplace + power and desire + men and women: What could drive people this mad?] Enough already! At thirty, a man shouldn't have to face a conspiracy to strip him of his position, the betrayal of his pregnant fiancée after seven years together, the merciless bullying of his beautiful boss, a terminal illness, and constant rejection and abuse from everyone around him! No, I'm done holding back! Just as he learns that his fiancée is about to get together with her white mo 2kReads8.0Score383Shelves
- 82 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 640Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 83 The Corruption of Power 堕落的权利 Zhao Qiming, Qian Xiaotong, Qian Xiaoxia, Xu Shou, Xu Wei, He Yali, Han Baihe, Jiang Yan, Wang Dongcheng, Xiao Hua, Bao Yanhong, Bao Yanqing, Duan Yuxin, Shen Peijuan, and many, many others. All the names are fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental, so please do not assume they refer to real people. 1.1kReads7.2Score103Shelves
- 84 Betrayed After Ten Years of Love, My Dreams Shattered into Grief 相爱十年的背叛，我梦碎成殇 Betrayed after ten years of love, my dreams shattered into heartbreak 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 My Name Is Chu Sheng, Sheng as in Bloom 我叫初盛，盛开的盛 After the spiritual qi revival, nine peerless prodigies with very different personalities meet by the arrangement of fate. What kind of sparks will fly when they collide? "Hello, I'm Chu Sheng. Sheng, as in blooming!" "Hey, hey, hey! Watch your language!" "Excuse me, have you seen Chu Sheng? He seems to have gotten lost..." "I am Zhang Jiao! Today... I shall strike down the heavens!" "Hah! In the end, I lost by half a move... So be it! This Daoist is off..." Little brother~ Want to p 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Hai Nange's Second Book 海楠哥的第2本书 [Work + romance + plot + personal growth + lighthearted everyday life] Xu Liangfeng had just graduated from high school when he went to the big city to look for work. He ran into setback after setback, but he didn't lose heart and kept working hard. As he changed jobs frequently, he learned plenty of practical skills. Still, at every workplace, his managers both loved and hated him. They loved his competence and his humble, sincere nature, but hated how argumentative he could be. “Liangfeng, can 321Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 You Silly Boy, You're Home! 傻小子，回家了！ Qingshui Village, by the Qingshui River Sizhu became mentally disabled after an accident. One day, while sleeping by the river, he stumbled upon the village bully picking on his neighbor, Shao Tingting. That was the beginning of a wonderful and extraordinary life. 308Reads8.9Score174Shelves
- 88 Nine-Tenths Foolish 九分傻 “Marital relations” used to be a taboo subject, but these days, people no longer find it hard to talk about. Studies show that the quality of a couple’s intimate life in a typical family has a major impact on its overall happiness. Behind a divorce rate as high as 70% there is often a direct connection to whether a couple’s intimate life is harmonious. This reality is sobering, and it has prompted us to think deeply about the reasons behind disharmony in married life. One major cause is mental i 534Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 89 The Legend of the Top Salesperson 销冠传奇 No connections, only a shadow. But competition cannot be stopped. In an age when there are too many people chasing too few opportunities, you have to compete constantly to claim your share of the resources, with no end in sight... 1.2kReads8.9Score107Shelves
- 90 The Seductive Wife 媚妇 [Divine doctor + countryside] College student Lu Feng is left a fool after the village chief harms him, but his enemy's fiancée wants to offer herself to him. Many people have persecuted them, but luckily Lu Feng gains the mysterious legacy known as the Nine-Eyed Divine Art. One glance makes beautiful women fall for him, one glance cures every illness, and one glance subdues all things. From then on, he becomes a renowned miracle doctor, treating the sick, taking on local bullies, pursuing beaut 6.8kReads9.2Score1kShelves
- 91 Ten Years of Marriage: Only Now Do I Understand My Wife 结婚十年：才明白妻子那点事 Zhang Xixi works late into the night and comes home drunk. Ye Feng discovers that she is wearing… Was she cheating, or was there another reason? As Ye Feng investigates, he discovers something astonishing about his wife during their ten years of marriage…! 1.9kReads—Score115Shelves
- 92 The Mad Dragon Emerges from the Mountains: Tormenting My Sixth Senior Sister 狂龙出山：祸害六师姐 Feel-good! Overpowered protagonist! Senior sisters! Super satisfying! Six years ago, the Ye family was wiped out overnight, but Ye Chen miraculously survived. Six years later, Ye Chen returns in triumph. He can heal the sick, exorcise ghosts, punish the wicked, and champion justice. He wins the hearts of countless beautiful women. Watch him rise to the top of the world. If Heaven oppresses me, I’ll cleave Heaven in two! If Earth binds me, I’ll stamp it to pieces! Everything is under his control! 24.1kReads7.8Score1.6kShelves
- 93 Jade of Passion 艳玉 In the 1980s, Qiu Yuyu, a beautiful young woman from a mountain village, entered city life by chance and embarked on a career in government. But she soon became trapped in a mire of worldly entanglements and twisted romances, unable to pull herself free… The men and women in this story are not bad at heart, and they all had their original ideals. But they could not resist the temptations of worldly desires, and strayed further and further from their paths. In the end, none could avoid the danger 1.1kReads6.8Score153Shelves
- 94 After My Son Changed the Name on the Deed, I Left Him Homeless 房产证名字被改后，我让儿子无家可归 After My Son Changed the Name on the Property Deed, I Left Him Homeless 319Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 The Female CEO Paid a Million to Marry a Husband 女总裁十万娶了个老公 The whole family blows up when the CEO quits to grow vegetables! Wu Xinfaz, CEO of the Zhou Group, has a nightmare: his family holds board meetings, his children have KPIs, and even bedtime with his wife requires approval of a “sleep application.” When he wakes, he stares at the ceiling and announces, “I’m quitting to go back to the countryside and grow vegetables.” The wealthy family is thrown into turmoil. His wife, Lu Shiyun, a chairwoman of the Yang Group, remembers their arranged marriage a 22Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 96 Humanity's Forbidden Island: The Complete Three-Volume Edition 人性禁岛（全本-全三册） Humanity's Forbidden Island: Zhui Ma is a seven-year-old boy from the mountainous region of Yunnan and Guizhou. After a series of bizarre experiences, he is trained to become a cold-blooded mercenary assassin. Having faced death again and again, he eventually ends up in a poor, muddy little town. Hoping to forget that bloody past and evade his pursuers, he hides the fact that he was trained to be a killing machine and loses himself in the taverns and women of the town. To earn enough to cover hi 14.1kReads9.1Score2kShelves
- 97 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score103Shelves
- 98 My Stories of Macau's Stormy Underworld 我的澳门风云故事 Once you've been to Macau, it's yours for life! What kind of city is A-Ma-Gau? Why are so many people obsessed with it? What kind of tumultuous life awaits a naive young woman who ventures into Macau alone? Here, stories unfold every day, and miracles happen every day. In these most authentic stories, you'll see human nature at its rawest, the most insatiable desires, and the cheapest emotions. Welcome to my life in Macau. 25.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 99 Reborn on the Night My Entire Family Was Slaughtered 重生回全家被杀当夜 Reborn on the night her entire family was murdered 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Wife, Are You Still Going to Lie to Me? 老婆，你还要对我说谎吗？ Wife, are you still going to lie to me? 152Reads—Score—Shelves
